We specialise
in wreck fishing, which is probably the most exciting. There
are thousands of wrecks throughout the English Channel,
which mainly came from the two world wars. There are
submarines, small planes and big cargo ships which can vary
in sizes from 30 ft to 600 ft long and they can all hold
fish at certain times of the year.

The smaller fish such as sprats tend to be over the wrecks
attracting the larger fish such as; Pollack up to 20 lb
which often feed higher above the wreck along with Cod,
which can feed on the bottom and all around the wrecks. Our
most sought after fishing is for the Conger Eel, they mainly
live inside the wrecks and can grow to over 100 lb in
weight, which gives great sport fishing. When we catch them,
we would almost always take a photograph and then return the
eel alive to preserve the levels of eels.

There are many ways to catch fish over wrecks. Our most
popular way is to drift with the tide, using either pierces
or gilling techniques. We would normally look to catch Cod,
Pollack, Ling and Bass during the months of January to
September. When drifting wrecks we would use a 20 lb to 30lb
class rod and reel, which is lighter gear.

Another way is to drop the anchor up tide of the wreck and
fish mackerel flappers and cuttlefish baits into the
wreckage. This way we would look to catch Conger eel, Cod,
Pollack, Black Bream and Ling during the months of April to
November. When anchoring wrecks we would use 30 lb to 50 lb
class rod with a stronger reel, especially for the larger
Conger eel, which can give a good fight.

This is when wreck fishing would normally slow up and we
would look to move to winter Cod fishing inshore.

Ocean Warrior III is fitted with the latest technology for
finding wrecks. We use GPS for pin point accuracy along with
the experience of the skipper to put the boat in the right
position when fishing a wreck.